THE 49ERS - SEAHAWKS N-F-C TITLE GAME. THE MATCHUP BETWEEN THE DIVISION RIVALS WAS HOPEFUL FOR RED AND GOLD FANS... SAN FRANCISCO HAS WON EIGHT STRAIGHT... AND IT HAS ONE OF THE TOP THREE OFFENSES IN THE N-F-L. SEATTLE COULDN'T HAVE STARTED ANY WORSE .... ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME, ALDON SMITHS STRIPS RUSSELL WILSON.. THE BALL IS OUT.. SMITH MAKES THE RECOVERY AND ITS NINERS BALL! IN THE SECOND, COLIN KAEPERNICK SHOWS OFF HIS LONG STRIDES AND PICKS UP 58 YARDS BEFORE GETTING DRAGGED DOWN AT THE 10. AT THIS POINT, HE HAD 100 RUSHING YARDS.. AND BECAME THE FIRST QB TO REACH A 100 BY THE FIRST HALF SINCE 1994. BY HALF TIME NINERS WERE UP 10-3 BUT DURING THE SECOND HALF.. MARSHAWN LYNCH GOES INTO BEAST MODE ... AND SEATTLE EVENTUALLY TAKES THE LEAD.. THEN... WITH EVERY NINER FAN ON EDGE DURING THE FINAL TWO MINUTES.. SAN FRANCISCO IS ONE T-D AWAY FROM THE SUPER BOWL... CAP ON FIRST DOWN WITH 30 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK... THROWS TO CRABTREE IN THE CORNER OF THE ENDZONE ..... BUT RICHARD SHERMAN TIPPED THE PASS AND IT WAS CAUGHT BY MALCOM SMITH. GAME OVER. THE ATTENTION QUICKLY TURNED OVER TO SHERMAN WHO LOST HIS COOL.. DURING A POST GAME INTERVIEW, HE SHOUTED THAT HE WAS THE BEST CORNERBACK IN THE GAME, AND QUOTE ''WHEN YOU TRY ME WITH A SORRY RECEIVER LIKE CRABTREE, THAT'S THE RESULT YOU'RE GOING TO GET'' END QUOTE. HE LATER APOLOGIZED.. BUT DEFINTELY DID NOT DROP HIS EGO. ### i like to also say something to the a-hole fans who write on twitter on facebooks and instagram and talk crap bc we appreciate the motivation. Bc you helped us win this game. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. "They played a winning game. They won the football game and they made some very big plays. We made some very big plays. It was a fifteen round fight, right down to the last." IN TWO WEEKS, THE SEAHAWKS WILL FACE THE DENVER BRONCOS FOR SUPER BOWL 48. THE BRONCOS ARE THE FIRST A-F-C WEST TEAM TO MAKE IT TO THE SUPER BOWL SINCE THE RAIDERS IN 2003. THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME WOULD NOT COME UNTIL THE SECOND QUARTER... BRONCOS ON FIRST AND GOAL, MANNING FAKES THE HANDOFF.. AND FINDS JACOB TAMMY WIDE OPEN! BRONCOS STILL DOMINATING IN THE THIRD... MANNING TO DEMARYIUS THOMAS... THEY'LL EARN THE EXTRA POINT AND WITH A 17 POINT LEAD, IT'S HARDLY A BALL GAME. MANNING THREW FOR 400 YARDS AND TWO T- D'S. AS FOR BRADY, HE WENT 24 FOR 38, THROWING 277 YARDS AND 1 T-D. FINAL SCORE: 26-16. THE BRONCOS HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE SUPER BOWL SINCE THE LAST TIME THEY WON THEIR SECOND RING, 16 YEARS AGO. ODDMAKERS IN THE GAMBLING CITY BELIEVE THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL IS ONE OF THE MOST EVENLY MATCHED EVER. VEGAS HAS THE BRONCOS FAVORED BY ONLY ONE POINT. ### THE FOURTH ROUND OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN CONTINUED TODAY... THREE TIME DEFENDING CHAMP NOVAK DJOKOVIC WAS ALL BUSINESS TODAY... WINNING 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 AGAINST ITALY'S FABIO FOGNINI. IT'S HIS 25TH STRAIGHT MATCH HE'S WON AT MELBOURNE PARK AND NOW HEADS INTO HIS 19TH STRAIGHT GRAND SLAM QUARTERFINAL.. BIDDING FOR A HISTORIC FOUR-PEAT. AS FOR THE WOMENS -- MARIA SHARAPOVA HAS FOLLOWED SERENA WILLIAMS OUT OF THE OPEN. SHE WAS ELIMINATED IN THE FOURTH ROUND, LOSING 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 TO DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA . ### NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULDN'T SCARE OFF A GROUP OF BRAVE

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